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Ammar Farhat
Arts & Music
15
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Ammar Farhat

ุนู…ุงุฑ ูุฑุญุงุช
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1911 โ€“ March 2, 1987 (76 years old)

Self-taught Tunisian master painter of the ร‰cole de Tunis whose deeply empathetic, vibrant canvases documented the celebrations, labor, and spiritual traditions of Tunisia's working classes and bedouin communities.

Tunis, Tunisia
Edgar P. Jacobs
Arts & Music
0
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Edgar P. Jacobs

Edgard Fรฉlix Pierre Jacobs
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1904 โ€“ 1987 (82 years old)

Belgian comic strip master and operatic baritone who collaborated with Hergรฉ on Tintin and created the landmark science-fiction series Blake and Mortimer, author of The Yellow 'M'.

Lasne (Walloon Brabant), Belgium
Shadi Abdel Salam
Arts & Music
17
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Shadi Abdel Salam

ุดุงุฏูŠ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
March 15, 1930 โ€“ October 8, 1986 (56 years old)

Genius Egyptian film director, production designer, and costume creator whose 1969 masterpiece 'The Night of Counting the Years' (Al-Mummia) is universally recognized by film critics as one of the greatest Arab films ever made.

Alexandria, Egypt
Mahieddine Bachtarzi
Arts & Music
8
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Mahieddine Bachtarzi

ู…ุญูŠ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ุจุงุดุชุงุฑุฒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1897 โ€“ 1986 (88 years old)

Towering father of modern Algerian theater and lyric tenor who founded the first Arab dramatic troupe in Algeria in 1923, directing over 400 theatrical productions.

Algiers, Algeria
M'hamed Issiakhem
Arts & Music
27
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M'hamed Issiakhem

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุฅุณูŠุงุฎู…
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1928 โ€“ 1985 (57 years old)

Towering pioneer of modern Algerian painting, graphic designer, and monumental muralist celebrated for his tragic, haunting expressionist depictions of suffering women, motherhood, and revolutionary scars.

Algiers, Algeria
Marc Chagall
Arts & Music
1,547
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Marc Chagall

Moishe Segal / ะœะฐั€ะบ ะ—ะฐั…ะฐั€ะพะฒะธั‡ ะจะฐะณะฐะป
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
1887 โ€“ 1985 (97 years old)

Russian-French early modernist whose dreamlike paintings and stained glass drew on Jewish folklore, love, and spiritual poetry.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Arts & Music
0
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Cheikh Ahmed Guerftti

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ูƒุฑูุทูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1908 โ€“ 1984 (76 years old)

Pioneering maestro of Jbala mountain music who codified the classical Aita Jabaliya repertoire and introduced the traditional reed flute (Ghayta/Nira) into modern northern broadcasting.

Tetouan, Morocco
Alberto Ginastera
Arts & Music
28
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Alberto Ginastera

Alberto Evaristo Ginastera
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
1916 โ€“ 1983 (67 years old)

Argentine classical composer acclaimed as the greatest South American composer of the twentieth century, celebrated for Danzas Argentinas, the ballet Estancia, and innovative neo-expressionist operas.

Geneva, Switzerland
Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Arts & Music
11
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Mahmoud El-Meliguy

ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุงู„ู…ู„ูŠุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1910 โ€“ 1983 (72 years old)

Towering screen legend dubbed the 'Marlon Brando of the East' and 'Emperor of Evil', whose unforgettable performance as Mohamed Abu Swailam in Youssef Chahine's The Land (Al-Ard) is a world cinema monument.

Cairo, Egypt
Arts & Music
0
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Pitseolak Ashoona

Pitseolak Ashoona
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
c. 1904 โ€“ 1983 (79 years old)

Pioneering Cape Dorset graphic artist whose vibrant drawings and stonecut prints, capturing traditional nomadic Inuit life before settlement, created an artistic dynasty and won the Order of Canada.

Kinngait (Cape Dorset, Nunavut), Canada
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